This is an amazing book. It's good for fifth graders and up. This is one of my favorite books now. It's about a girl named Lily finding herself with the help of three sisters living with bees and Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees is an amazing book for people who like drama, plot twists, and sad books, and like learning about the Civil Rights Movement.
The Secret Life of Bees
By Sue Monk Kidd
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 9 - 12 | Grades 10 - 9 | Z | 5.7 | 93316 |
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K is for Kidd. Set in South Carolina during the tumultuous summer of 1964, The Secret Life of Bees also ushered young Lily Owens, a girl transformed by the power and divinity of the female spirit, into the canon of modern-day heroines. Lily and her fierce-hearted black “stand-in mother” escape the racism of their hometown and find refuge with an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, whose world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna is mesmerizing.
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
ISBN-13: 9781472216212
ISBN-10: 1472216210
Published on 8/22/2013
Binding: Paperback
Book Reviews (11)
great book
I like this book because it would be happy then turn into sad. In Sylvan SC, 1964 the book tells a story about a girl that is white, Lily Owens. She remembers a faint memory of her mother being murdured in front of her. She stays with her abusive father, T. Ray. She runs away and is in a little house with bee keepers. I recommend this book to my classmates.
I think this is an amazing book, but it is a little sad. I think that is what makes it so addicting.
This is a great book but also a very sad book I couldn't stop reading the book!I read it in 2 days! It has a very interesting plot and also very melancholy parts I definitely recommend this book.
"Place a beehive in my grave and let the honey soak through. When I'm dead and gone that's what I want from you." Singing songs like that is what Lily and her caregiver, Rosaleen, do when they run away from Lily's mean, uncaring father. Because this is set in the 1960's Rosaleen who is black gets put in jail. I think it's really exciting when Lily breaks her out. "I watched as the policeman put on his hat and walked down the corridor and out the door. When Rosaleen and I stepped from her room, I looked left, then right." This part seems really suspenseful and makes you want to keep reading to see what happens next. If you want to read a great book about beekeeping sisters, black Madonna and other funny adventures, I really recommend you read this book.
This is a great book but also a very sad book I couldn't stop reading the book!I read it in 2 days! It has a very interesting plot and also very melancholy parts I definitely recommend this book.
"Place a beehive in my grave and let the honey soak through. When I'm dead and gone that's what I want from you." Singing songs like that is what Lily and her caregiver, Rosaleen, do when they run away from Lily's mean, uncaring father. Because this is set in the 1960's Rosaleen who is black gets put in jail. I think it's really exciting when Lily breaks her out. "I watched as the policeman put on his hat and walked down the corridor and out the door. When Rosaleen and I stepped from her room, I looked left, then right." This part seems really suspenseful and makes you want to keep reading to see what happens next. If you want to read a great book about beekeeping sisters, black Madonna and other funny adventures, I really recommend you read this book.
I think this would be a great book for anyone who is interested in the Civil Rights Movement and for anyone who won't be to disappointed if their book gets some tear stains on it.
I had to read this book for summer reading. I thought that at first the book was a little boring but I feel in love with it by the end. I recommend this for ages 12 and up.